Psalm 69:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

Young's Literal Translation
Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away—I bring back.

King James Bible
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.

Hebrew
Those who hate
שֹׂנְאַ֪י (śō·nə·’ay)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

me without cause
חִ֫נָּ֥ם (ḥin·nām)
Adverb
Strong's 2600: Gratis, devoid of cost, reason, advantage

outnumber
רַבּ֤וּ ׀ (rab·bū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7231: To cast together, increase, in number, to multiply by the myriad

the hairs
מִשַּׂעֲר֣וֹת (miś·śa·‘ă·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 8185: Hairiness

of my head;
רֹאשִׁי֮ (rō·šî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7218: The head

many are
עָצְמ֣וּ (‘ā·ṣə·mū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6105: To bind fast, close, powerful, numerous, to crunch the bones

those who would destroy me—
מַ֭צְמִיתַי (maṣ·mî·ṯay)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6789: To put an end to, exterminate

my enemies
אֹיְבַ֣י (’ō·yə·ḇay)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

without cause.
שֶׁ֑קֶר (še·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

Though I did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

steal,
גָ֝זַ֗לְתִּי (ḡā·zal·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1497: To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob

I must repay.
אָשִֽׁיב׃ (’ā·šîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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